OPay Gives Hope to 20 Promising Students at Ambrose Alli University With Its N1.2bn Education Grant

 

OPay through its national scholarship initiative, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) once again gave hope to lucky students at the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Benin, Edo State. In July, OPay Digital Services signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Edo government, awarding a N1.2bn education grant to 20 lucky students at the Ambrose Alli University. The education grant is part of OPay’s way of impacting lives and giving back to society. 

Ambrose Alli University happens to be the 13th of the 20 tertiary institutions across Nigeria that have benefited from OPAY's scholarship scheme. Speaking at the event is OPay's Head of Partnership (Director), Ikponmwosa Kolawole Odiase, shared the digital financial service plans for more collaboration and partnership beyond its scholarship scheme.

"Opay is not just into financial services, we are also a socially impactful organisation and that is why we get involve in several CSR initiatives to impact lives and impact the environment where we operate. But this scholarship scheme that we have launched is very important to the management of OPAY.

It might interest you to know that this scheme we launched in Ekpoma has been extended to 20 other tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Ambrose Alli happens to be the 13th institution. We place a high premium on this scholarship scheme. It doesn't end with the scholarship programme; we believe there are other collaborations and partnerships with the school and the government that will add value to lives," he said. Speaking at the signing, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Sally Suleiman, noted that OPay's education grant would be beneficial to students from low-income families in Edo State.